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A lot of presumptions being made here. You have no idea who these guys are or who they vote for. Who are you voting for? They eat hamburgers?? So. They shoot birds? So. They shoot birds from a hide?? So. One, one of them did something silly while out shooting?? So what.

Hi everyone, I'm trying to buy a few bits and pieces from Steves Gunz, Texas, USA of course. The parts are for a Rossi 92 lever gun. The problem is the Online ordering system has a problem with our post code system. I emailed them and they suggest adding " 0 " in front of the numbers. I've tried every permutation but no luck. Has anyone ordered from this company? PS Steves Gunz are very happy to send parts overseas including UK.

The competition comes in doing it fast. Faster than everyone else. Doing it competently, safely and having fun. They tally is not birds broken its targets hit and the time it took you to complete. It might look easy but try it and see.

I'm glad this Thread was posted. I've watched previous videos of fox shooting and was uneasy at the cubs being shot. I enjoy the videos of foxes being stalked and shot but the footage of the Cubs being eliminated as they played, was unsettling and should have been left out.

Short but good.....nice autumnal feel to it also.

Good video and the dog working was great to see. I used to shoot the the Lough years ago but only bagged Tufted..... Not great eating. On my first visit i climbed out of the hide to stretch my legs, when I returned a Kestrel flew out of the hide......it had eaten the eyes out of the shot birds left in the hide.

Got out again today on stubble barley. Loads of wood pigeon about ......very wary though. I set up in a field with some houses nearby so I was real careful about muzzle direction. The hide poles are the best way to control this. Steady birds all day but not an intense day. I picked up 35 woodies by 3:30 cos I had shot my last cartridge! I used a half choke with GB 6's. I think I could squeeze one more day out of this field...lots of guys shoot this field because it's near Belfast and Lisburn. I've never witnessed any silly behaviour when I'm out, but I'm sure I took impossible shots when I was young.

Got the Berretta semi out last Thursday. A field of uncut barley but badly flattened down by wind and rain. Under the trees is completely flat so it must be run-off from the rain and the wind. This field had areas of thick grass growing up through the barley. I kept an eye on this field and could see lots of bird activity. Walked it on Wednesday and decided to set up on Thursday. As I was setting up I became aware of a whooshing noise, looked up to see a huge flock of wood pigeon above me, so there's lots of birds about. I had to put the decoys on flattened areas and had no luck for at least an hour, though lots of wood pigeons were flyingin smaller groups. Very frustrating to watch the birds land on the wires and settle into another part of the field. First birds killed at 11:00 or so, but the decoy pattern wasn't producing settling birds but what it did produce was birds flying into the trees above me to have a look. I had the best days sport shooting the birds coming into the tree above me. One thing I was not happy about, was the birds,shot clean, but falling into the barley still standing. I could not retrieve about 4 birds. Finished at 2:30 and picked up 23 wood pigeon, no feral and no crows. And I lost me glasses.

I've no objection to anyone taking a hare when in season, it's a free country. I stopped years ago. It's bad luck to shoot the hare, there I've said it. Years ago myself and two mates were driving down to a remote permission. The other passenger was the land owner, an older man. He casually asked " Do you shoot hares? ". All three of us did at that time, but I knew what was coming. I said quickly "No we don't " . His reply was " If you shot a hare down here, don't come back ". We saw hares that day but shot none. There are many things about the hare that make it special........superstitions, stories, art and myths. I stopped that day and any I've seen since are a joy to see. You'll tell people in the bar later..." hey I saw a hare today"

Very few qualified gunsmiths here. Gordon at Hollow Farm is good but outside of him, I can't think of anyone. Those guys in the shops are selling guns that's all. Finding out if the gun fits is different........some of the guys can adjust the gun by raising or lowering the comb, if you have one,but don't ask them to bend a stock or anything that requires skill. If one guy were to emerge he would clean up.

Just back from a day over a potato field. Large numbers of birds flying and settling into a field just over a newly cut ditch. It was deep with a good stream flowing in it. I could not bring the birds in at all to my pattern. Not one shot. It was real cold also, so I got up to look at the field where they were going. They got up and were flying all around but fast and high. I took a punt at a few and hit one which fell with a thump over the deep ditch. What a buzz that was. Retrieving was the hard bit. So just one bird but a good day.

Good stuff. Before I retired I made something similar. 1. Buy that day blo paper, the yellow/ lemon one. 2. Paint with Blackboard paint. 3. Laminate. I don't have a laminater anymore. It took a few goes to get it right. If I remember I was up to mark 9 before it was right but it works. Yes too much free time.

The Banshee appears before a death. Why are you asking.

Good shooting and a Nice photo also. I use the Urika 391 12g.....is your gun different Urika Light?

A great days sport by fellow sportsmen. I well remember my father bringing home a hare he had shot and we all loved stroking the dead animal and looking forward to the eating of it. I've shot 2 hares but the last one did it for me. I have secumbed to the old Irish superstition that its bad luck to shoot the hare and I won't hunt them again. But that's just me.

Shooting live wood pigeon is a great leveller. That's the beauty of it. Being a good clay shooter does not equate to a shooter who can bring down wood pigeon cos they jink and weave.

Cracking photos. I don't know anyone muzzleloading a shotgun and hunting with it. Well done.

The difference in both targets is not huge. I appreciate Frenchie is an experienced shot but I count 6 shots on paper on the first target. That's not bad. I feel a broken mechanism in a telescopic sight would produce an obviously flawed and disparate pattern of holes. That's not apparent here. A " new" scope on a rifle just returned from a Gunsmith might suggest that a little period of "running in" is needed. If no shots had landed on paper I would tend to agree, it's a defective scope, but they are all on. There are so many tiny variables when setting up a new scope to a rifle and I acknowledge again that Frenchie is an old hand, but let's be fair to both parties.

Somekinda ****.

Pin sharp.........fantastic photo.

Some kind of Medieval skill skill goin on there boy.

Thank you Simon dear boy. I dropped my roll-up in the muck, my Jacobs Orange biscuit and the cup from my flask. Wiped them off and all.

Got out on Tueday for a shot. The ditch was sodden but the birds came in steadily and the fun was mighty. One or two lefts and rights also made me smile. I keep a close eye on this field and its always busy in the evening but today it all went quiet at 3.00 or so, the oposite of the usual activity. Ended up with 46 mixed birds ......my best is 50. No Red Letter Day but good fun. Had to blot out as I dont want Growlers taking an interest.

It's a great show and I never miss it but after a while the logic of it is dubious. That guy whose car wouldn't start in the snow and had to walk home with the dogs............ I guess the cameraman, the sound man and the producer/director just left him while they drove away in a 4x4. But I'll be glued to the next episode.

Some seriously high birds brought down. Great shooting.